Thursday, April 26, 2012

Show & Tell -- My Vintage Bar Cart

It was tucked in a corner buried behind buckets and bottles of cleaning supplies

and it was really grungy.

I wasn't sure what I would do with it, but it was only $20.

I knew I could come up with some use for it -- like maybe a rolling lemonade stand.

I scrubbed it down and busted out a can of spray paint.

Honestly, the only reason I went with gold is that I wanted to get rid of the can of paint.

Just killing two birds with one stone and being thrifty :)

(the lighting is terrible for photography in here)

Once I got it in the house, I realized it's just the thing I've been looking for in my laundry room. I've been struggling to find the right thing to hold laundry baskets and detergents in this narrow space. This is great because it rolls out.

I can let sweaters dry flat on top

But wait! That's not all

I'll also be able to pull it out and use it as a mobile lemonade stand for Drew

9 comments:

Great find and fabulous revamp!It kind of breaks my heart a little though. I had a cart like it but it was oval. It had been my mother's and when we moved we decided it probably wouldn't go well in the new house. SHAME on me. I rarely regret letting things go but I do regret that one. I keep my laundry powder in glass jars as well :)

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I'm a stay at home mom with too many hobbies. I used to blog (monkeygrasshill.blgospot.com) about my DIY projects around the house and in the garden in our home right outside of Washington, DC. In the summer of 2013 my husband, son and I moved to London.
While things are definitely different on this side of the pond, I'm the same girl in a different city now.
Still hoarding house plants and tableware. Searching for treasures and entertaining whenever possible.